An auspicious date, is November 6th: proper "Pickle Night", the date that Lt Lapenotiere would have been driven in his post-chaise express along Piccadilly towards the Old Admiralty in Whitehall, the final moments of his long journey bringing the dispatches from Trafalgar. And so, what better location to host our prizegiving aw...
What a year! The Art & Photography competition, 'Posctards from The Trafalgar Way' was launched in February 2020 with an original deadline of Sept 2020. No sooner had we started to promote it than - bam! Lockdown! No travel permitted, confusion and lethargy set in, home-schooling pressures, plus competition from...
We're Halfway Home in our national Art & Photography competition to promote awareness of The Trafalgar Way! Although we had made the decision to postpone the competition deadline to next year, we also wanted to recognise those who had already submitted entries prior to Sept 1st 2020. So we set our three Lapenotiere re...
Important thing 1: deadline extended to 16th April 2021 As you will appreciate, the run of our competition since early 2020 has been hugely disrupted by the Covid-19 lockdown and all the uncertainty that has gone along with that. We have been unable to reach many of the groups, schools and clubs we had hoped to. Consequen...
It's been a tough few months for all of us in a locked down world. Even tougher for those of us involved in keyworking roles or who have lost friends and loved ones to covid-19. Our team would like to extend our thanks, condolences and support to all, whether situated along The Trafalgar Way or not, in these sad and challenging ...
Calling photographers and artists within the RN and RM: Announcing The Peter Warwick Memorial Trophy A special £1000 prize and trophy awaits one lucky winner of The Trafalgar Way's Art & Photography Competition 2020. We're looking for an outstanding photographic or artwork entry from anyone who is currently, or has b...
I, for one, was grateful not to be at sea on board HMS Victory on March 3rd. Having battled my way into Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard with my umbrella acting simultaneously as a shield and a sail, it was no surprise that our hardy (excuse my pun!) visitors arrived looking a little bedraggled on board our nation's flagship. Of ...
In September 2018, Adam Preston visited some schools along The Trafalgar Way to tell them its story, and to invite young people to enter our own short story competition. Here is an item about the competition as featured on BBC Spotlight, the south-west news programme, on 24th September 2018. ...
